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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2009-11-27 11:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Francis Valeriote (Guelph, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1729980\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, last week, I joined the Canadian delegation to the World Summit on Food Security in Rome. Hosted by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, the summit was part of the international community's continuing attempt to address world hunger and malnutrition.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1729981\" data-originallang=\"en\">The situation is catastrophic. With every passing minute, 10 children die of hunger and malnutrition in underdeveloped countries. The United Nations estimates that the number of hungry or undernourished people in the world has now risen to over one billion; that is, almost one in six people on this planet.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1729982\" data-originallang=\"en\">Developed countries must strengthen the agricultural sectors in developing nations. The FAO reports the world has the resources, technology and know-how to eradicate hunger now and for the foreseeable future. Indeed, rapid progress is possible if real action is taken and policy is informed by the moral imperative that all human beings have a basic right to food.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1729980\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la semaine derni\u00e8re, je me suis joint \u00e0 la d\u00e9l\u00e9gation canadienne qui a particip\u00e9 au Sommet mondial sur la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire tenu \u00e0 Rome. Le sommet, parrain\u00e9 par l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture, s'inscrit dans les efforts de la communaut\u00e9 internationale pour \u00e9radiquer la faim et la malnutrition dans le monde.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1729981\" data-originallang=\"en\">La situation est catastrophique. Chaque minute, dix enfants meurent de la faim et de la malnutrition dans les pays sous-d\u00e9velopp\u00e9s. Les Nations Unies estiment que le nombre de personnes qui souffrent de la faim ou de sous-alimentation dans le monde d\u00e9passe maintenant un milliard; c'est presque une personne sur six.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1729982\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les pays d\u00e9velopp\u00e9s doivent renforcer l'agriculture dans les pays en d\u00e9veloppement. La FAO indique qu'on dispose dans le monde des ressources, des technologies et du savoir n\u00e9cessaires pour \u00e9radiquer la faim maintenant et dans un avenir pr\u00e9visible. Il est possible de r\u00e9aliser des progr\u00e8s rapides si on prend des actions concr\u00e8tes et si on adopte des politiques s'inspirant de l'obligation morale qui nous incombe afin que tous les \u00eatres humains aient le droit fondamental de manger \u00e0 leur faim.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/11/27/frank-valeriote-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/frank-valeriote/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1214/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2980592",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Hunger and Malnutrition",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/11/27/",
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}